Seven short chapters take the armchair traveler to a wide variety of places in Africa. The wonders selected for this continent are: mountain gorillas, Nile River, Victoria Falls, Sahara Desert, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Seychelles Islands, the Serengeti Plain. Beautiful, full color illustrations throughout, fact boxes, and quotations make this delightful to look at. The authors instruct readers to do some research and choose an eighth wonder and write their own chapter about it. Includes glossary, timeline, Source notes and bibliography, further reading and index sections. Will be useful for report writing as well as recreational reading.